Portal for a communications system

1. A portal for a broadcast digital television system comprising a remote terminal connected via a communications network to a broadcast center, the portal comprising: a display connected to the remote terminal for displaying a plurality of pages, wherein each page of the plurality of pages comprises an arrangement of cells, each cell comprising a visual object and an underlying application that is launched from behind each cell and is displayed upon user selection of each cell; and a user input device for selecting one cell of the arrangement of cells, wherein each page of the plurality of pages is dynamically reorganized based on a content of the arrangement of cells on each page, wherein a first cell of the arrangement of cells displays one of a plurality of programs received from the broadcast center, wherein a second cell of the arrangement of cells is sensitive to the context of the first cell displaying the one program, and wherein a third cell of the arrangement of cells is generated for a specific period of time corresponding to a length of at least one of the plurality of programs being displayed on another cell of the arrangement of cells.

2. The portal according to claim 1 , wherein the cells include one or more dynamically changing cells.

3. A method of generating a portal for a communications system, comprising: receiving a plurality of broadcast programs; and generating a portal comprising: a plurality of pages configured to display a plurality of cells; the plurality of cells containing live video of at least some of the received programs, wherein at least one cell of the plurality of cells comprises a visual object and an underlying application that is launched from behind the at least one cell and is displayed upon user selection of the at least one cell; and a first cell of the plurality of cells associated with an application whose function is dependent on the context of a second cell containing live video; and dynamically reorganizing at least one page of the plurality of pages based on a content associated with the plurality of cells on the at least one page, wherein a third cell of the arrangement of cells is generated for a specific period of time corresponding to a length of at least one of the plurality of broadcast programs being displayed on another cell of the plurality of cells.